שָׂפָה (sa.phah) means “lips” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: saw-faw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׂפָה · sa.phah · lips
: lips/mouth 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
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שָׂפָה · sa.phah · lip: words
: words/language 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
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שָׂפָה · sa.phah · lip: edge
: edge/border/opening 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
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שָׂפָה · sa.phah · lip: shore
: shore/bank(of_sea/river) 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
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שָׂפָה · sa.phah · lip: language
: language 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
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or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from H5595 (סָפָה) or H8192 (שָׁפָה) through the idea of termination (compare H5490 (סוֹף)); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV glosses: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| lips | 22 |
| my lips | 11 |
| his lips | 7 |
| the lips | 7 |
| your lips | 7 |
| of my lips | 6 |
| the edge | 6 |
| the rim | 6 |
| speech | 5 |
| the bank | 5 |
| the seashore | 5 |
| and your lips | 3 |
| language | 3 |
| of his lips | 3 |
| with his lips | 3 |
| and its rim | 2 |
| banks | 2 |
| but the lips | 2 |
| edge | 2 |
| from rim | 2 |
| her lips | 2 |
| in speech | 2 |
| in your mouth | 2 |
| like the brim | 2 |
| on the lips | 2 |
| rim | 2 |
| the language | 2 |
| the shore | 2 |
| words | 2 |
| your own lips | 2 |
| and his lips | 1 |
| and his speech | 1 |
| and my lips | 1 |
| and their lips | 1 |
| bank | 1 |
| but lips | 1 |
| collar | 1 |
| far as the border | 1 |
| from his lips | 1 |
| from his speech | 1 |
| from their lips | 1 |
| from your lips | 1 |
| his tongue | 1 |
| in what he said | 1 |
| it comes from lips | 1 |
| its edge | 1 |
| of our lips | 1 |
| of speech | 1 |
| of their lips | 1 |
| of your lips | 1 |
| on his lips | 1 |
| on this bank | 1 |
| our lips | 1 |
| the coast | 1 |
| the slander | 1 |
| their language | 1 |
| their lips | 1 |
| their lips have caused | 1 |
| these are empty | 1 |
| to my lips | 1 |
| to the bank | 1 |
| to their lips | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| when your lips | 1 |
| whose lips | 1 |
| whose speech | 1 |
| with a collar | 1 |
| with his speech | 1 |
| with my lips | 1 |
| with their lips | 1 |
| with your lips | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| lips | 23 |
| my lips | 8 |
| his lips | 7 |
| of my lips | 6 |
| of his lips | 5 |
| shore | 5 |
| speech | 5 |
| the lips | 5 |
| thy lips | 4 |
| upon the bank | 4 |
| with his lips | 4 |
| but the lips | 3 |
| in the lips | 3 |
| in thy lips | 3 |
| language | 3 |
| of the lips | 3 |
| side | 3 |
| and the brim | 2 |
| and thy lips | 2 |
| brink | 2 |
| but a prating | 2 |
| by the bank | 2 |
| edge | 2 |
| in his lips | 2 |
| of thy lips | 2 |
| on the edge | 2 |
| the language | 2 |
| the lip | 2 |
| vain | 2 |
| a band | 1 |
| a language | 1 |
| and his lips | 1 |
| and in his lips | 1 |
| and my lips | 1 |
| and not thine own lips | 1 |
| and their lips | 1 |
| and under the brim | 1 |
| and with their lips | 1 |
| behold at the bank | 1 |
| by the brink | 1 |
| causing the lips | 1 |
| for the lips | 1 |
| from brim | 1 |
| from the one brim | 1 |
| full of talk | 1 |
| he upon the edge | 1 |
| in the border | 1 |
| in the edge | 1 |
| in their lips | 1 |
| into my lips | 1 |
| into thy lips | 1 |
| like the brim | 1 |
| of her lips | 1 |
| of our lips | 1 |
| of the bank | 1 |
| of the brim | 1 |
| of their lips | 1 |
| of their own lips | 1 |
| on that side of the bank | 1 |
| on the bank | 1 |
| on the shore | 1 |
| only her lips | 1 |
| ought out of her lips | 1 |
| our lips | 1 |
| out of her lips | 1 |
| the speech | 1 |
| thee and not i yea thine own lips | 1 |
| their language | 1 |
| thereof by the edge | 1 |
| thereof it shall have a binding | 1 |
| thou my lips | 1 |
| to brim | 1 |
| to his lips | 1 |
| to my lips | 1 |
| to the border | 1 |
| to the brink | 1 |
| to the other | 1 |
| under their lips | 1 |
| upon the border | 1 |
| upon the brink | 1 |
| upon the edge | 1 |
| when thy lips | 1 |
| which my lips | 1 |
| with her lips | 1 |
| with my lips | 1 |
| with thy lips | 1 |
| your lips | 1 |
Page 2 of 4. 164 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
Read word by wordHear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
Read word by wordYour own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
Read word by wordBut I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
Read word by wordI have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
Read word by wordmy lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Read word by wordI must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.
Read word by wordMy words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
Read word by wordThey lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.3
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.4
They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.5
Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
Read word by wordA prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.
Read word by wordAs for the deeds of men—by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
Read word by wordYou have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.3
All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.8
May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.19
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 34.14
I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 40.10
You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 45.3
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 51.17
See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.8
By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.13
Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 63.4
My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 63.6
the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
Read word by wordWhen I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
Read word by wordHe ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 81.6
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 89.35
For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
Read word by wordWith my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
Read word by wordMy lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
Read word by wordDeliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
Read word by wordThey sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 140.4
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 140.10
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Read word by wordPut away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
Read word by wordthat you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
Read word by wordThough the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
Read word by wordWith her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
Read word by wordListen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
Read word by wordFor my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
Read word by wordA wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
Read word by wordHe who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
Read word by wordWisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
Read word by wordThe one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
Read word by wordWhen words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
Read word by wordThe lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
Read word by wordThe lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
Read word by wordAn evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
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